AM: MMA class. Worked the same lock flow as last week, again with D~ and with LK as well. Rolled at the end, and managed to eventually catch LK with an arm bar by being much taller than him, and D~ with a rear naked choke. Felt pretty good but a little beat up afterward.

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Felt very sore from the farmer's walks two days before, and my knee wasn't feeling so great. Not bad, but I was pretty aware of it all the time. That's a concern.

Didn't want to do any squats, but it didn't matter - my knee felt pretty tight. Not sure why - too much, too heavy, too what? I need to get it looked at so I can find out what's wrong. It's not right, and I can feel me adjusting for it, but it's tracking correctly and extending properly and has the same ROM it did before. Hmm.

I did a lot of rolling and warmup for my legs, making sure I was full extending my knee with the quads and getting proper ROM. I wasn't going to start until I was sure it was moving better than it felt like it would.

Presses - felt good, but I don't know if my shoulder will be happy any heavier. So I won't push it, and I will drop weight if I want to get more reps in.

Rows - same. Felt good and solid but not like there was a lot more there.

Glider lunge - nervous on these, because they're only helpful if my knee is firing properly. But it was, and they felt solid and I felt better when I finished. 15 is light, but who cares, the goal is knee function.

Airdyne SS - seat #11 is as high as I think I can put the seat and still maintain pedal contact. This made me push to near-total lockout on the knees, where I want to make sure things are firing. I was worried this would floor me, but I could have kept going. Nice.

On the angry side, I wanted to do heart rate based training. So I checked my Polar RS100's strap and made sure it was working the other day. Made sure I had it today. And when I went to use it, the battery had died - it wouldn't work. AAAARGH. My other strap wouldn't read on the wristband, and the batteries aren't the same. AAARGH. Next time.

The Swing/Clean/FS combo felt great - really got my heart rate up, and felt good doing them. But shortly after I finished my (good, never worked on) knee started to hurt. So I think I need to drop these. Damn.

My knee felt better today, and I was very sore. I wish I could keep the combo from yesterday, but actual knee pain (not aches or discomfort) is a very bad sign. I will have to see what I can replace it with.

I'm enjoying having my (single) kettlebell at home, where I can use it for short workouts on a regular basis. We will see how this works out in the long run. I wish my body was up for the training I'd really like to do - I miss being able to push really hard.

Our neighbors have a very young baby who cries a lot - it's played hell with my sleep. I was exhausted when I woke up today, walked around a lot, and then took a 90 minute "nap" when I came home. Then I went to sleep early.

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